DOM TOM ? Je n'sais pas le 'dom tom'??? The no taxes bit relates to when the island was in Swedish hands a few hundred years ago. They made it a free port, as it is one of the few island in the carib that could not be used for growing sugar. There have been rumblings from Paris that it needs to be brought into line, but when the frog authorities sent some tax inspectors to the island, they threw them off!!!! So, so far untouched by the iniquity of tax. Long may it continue. I forgot to mention it has some of the most beautiful turquoise sea in the world.
ST. BARTHELEMY http://www.frenchcaribbean.com/StBarthFrenchCaribbean.html http://www.caribbean-direct.com/St-Barth-Direct/Home Page/St-Barth-Direct.html
SLOVAKIA INCOME TAX The Tax Rate in Slovakia In 2004 the individual income tax rate in Slovakia is flat at 19%. Exemptions are granted to taxpayers with specific types of income. The standard rate of tax for a corporation in Slovakia is fixed at 19% (for the year 2004). ... http://www.worldwide-tax.com/slovakia/slo_incom.asp The Slovak Republic http://www.slovakia.org/ Bratislava http://slovakia.eunet.sk/bratislava.html
You'll save loads of tax if you get shot. At least until then you would be working hard - it's not exactly a party place.
Hey Dude A fellow Canuck here ! Hows the living expenses compared to Canada and are you happy with your decision? I bet you don't miss the winters but are the summers very hot there?
Slovakia is as civilized/peaceful/safe a country as any other fellow EU/NATO member state ... and Bratislava is doubtless as decent a party place as many other central European cities. Just in case: Vienna and Bratislava are supposedly the two closest capital cities in the world, only a short 64 km or 40 miles away. http://info.wien.at/